The Florida Panthers crushed the Toronto Maple Leafs on Sunday, beating them 6-1 in Game 7 to reach their third straight Eastern Conference Final. In the aftermath of another collapse from Toronto’s Core Four,

Let's look at the facts. Since 2018, the Maple Leafs' longest tenured players — Matthews, Marner, Nylander and Morgan Rielly — have fallen completely flat in their career in Game 7, scoring three goals between them in six games.

And it likely means the band is breaking up to a degree.

In the end, we spent so much time talking about “Are the Maple Leafs different?” that it’s a relief to know that, at long last, they will be.

The Florida Panthers showed their title-winning pedigree with a clinical performance Wednesday in dismantling Toronto 6-1 to take a 3-2 lead in the teams' second-round playoff series. "It's hard to explain it," said Berube, the head coach brought in last spring to get the Leafs' talented, underachieving roster over its post-season hump.

For much of his time with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Auston Matthews has served as something of a Rorschach test for hockey fans.Those who accept that playoff hockey is a fickle beast - that postseason success is often the result of getting just enough of the 50-50 chances to break your way,

Florida Panthers head coach Paul Maurice isn’t celebrating Toronto Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews’ second-round ... overall pick and some stars in varying states of health on its roster, Dallas has some options — and some crucial decisions ...